Does Agri Labour Australia – Piggery Farm Hand (Bears Lagoon) count as specified work?

Yes. The work location's postcode 3517 is on the Department of Home Affairs Regional Australia list, and Plant and animal cultivation work can count towards your specified work days.

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Farms and orchards・Piggery (labour hire role)

Agri Labour Australia – Piggery Farm Hand (Bears Lagoon)

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Bears Lagoon, VIC 3517・Wedderburn / Inglewood

Hiring now Hiring started: 2026-10-02 ✓ Counts as specified work・Plant and animal cultivation

Casual farm hand at a piggery near Bears Lagoon (labour hire role)

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Last checked: 2026-10-09Before you apply

At a glance

Pay$32.18–33.18/hrAdvertised hourly rate Peak seasonTo be confirmed HoursAbout 40 hours a weekNot much affected by weather AccommodationTo be confirmed TransportTo be confirmed LicencesNone requiredRequirements: 2 ReviewsNo reviews yet LegitimacyABN activeVia labour hire

Key points

Pros

The ad states $32.18–$33.18/hr
About 40 hours per week, with weekend and overtime opportunities
The labour hire provider holds Victorian labour hire licence VICLHL06503

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Postcode 3517 counts as specified work (plant and animal cultivation)

Watch out for

Involves handling pigs, cleaning sheds and dealing with deceased animals
Via labour hire; the piggery is not named
The ad does not mention accommodation or transport

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The ad does not say whether Working Holiday visa holders are accepted

Compiled from job ads, official sources and public reviews. This is not a score or ranking; see “Sources” on this page, and confirm with the employer before you apply.

Specified work eligibility

✓ Counts as specified work

Postcode: 3517Regional Australia
Work category: Plant and animal cultivation

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This location counts as specified work. Postcode 3517 is on the Department of Home Affairs "Regional Australia" list, and the work type is "Plant and animal cultivation".

Use the postcode of the work location — not the company's head office, and not where you live.

Work address

Piggery near Bears Lagoon, VIC 3517 (farm name and address not stated in the ad)
Postcode 3517・Wedderburn / Inglewood · Map location is approximate
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Work category

Plant and animal cultivation
Harvesting and packing fruit and vegetables, pruning trees and vines, livestock work, and primary meat processing such as slaughtering, cutting and packing. Secondary processing such as winemaking or processed meats does not count.

Within one employer, not every role counts as specified work (for example office admin or cleaning depends on Home Affairs' current temporary concession). Check the label on each role below, and keep every payslip.How specified work days are counted

Note: on 17 September 2026 the government announced second and third visas will move to a ballot. Completing specified work makes you eligible to enter, but it no longer guarantees a visa (start date not yet announced).Details

Jobs

Roles: 1

Piggery farm hand

CasualCounts as specified work$32.18–33.18/hr

Physically able to do manual and outdoor work
Comfortable working with pigs and other farm animals
Willing to work weekends and extended hours
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Duties & requirements

Work duties

Feed pigs and check water; monitor the health of pigs, sows and piglets; assist with piglet processing, farrowing and weaning; assist with breeding and artificial insemination; assist with weighing, grading and loading pigs; keep farm and animal records; monitor shed conditions; clean and disinfect sheds and facilities; remove deceased animals; monitor manure and effluent systems.

Pay method

Hourly rate
$32.18–$33.18/hr (as stated in the ad).

Hours

About 40 hours per week, with weekend and overtime opportunities

Requirements

Physically able to do manual and outdoor work, Comfortable working with pigs and other farm animals, Willing to work weekends and extended hours, Awareness of workplace health and safety, Able to do repetitive physical work

Licences

Not required

Raising and caring for pigs counts as specified work in plant and animal cultivation ("maintaining animals for the purpose of selling them"). Postcode 3517 counts as specified work (plant and animal cultivation). Source: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/piggery-farm-hand-bears-lagoon-victoria-bbbh29682/

About this employer

Work duties

Animal care, breeding assistance, weighing and loading, record keeping, cleaning and disinfection, and effluent system monitoring at a piggery.

Work environment

Work inside and around pig sheds, including cleaning and disinfection and handling deceased animals, following animal welfare requirements.

Products & services

Pigs

1 casual / seasonal roles. Duties, requirements and required licences are listed separately.

Pay and superannuation

Hourly rate

Advertised pay: $32.18–33.18/hrAdvertised hourly rate
Legal minimum hourly rate: $32.18Pastoral Award
Superannuation: 12%Paid on top by the employer
How often you are paid: To be confirmed

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Pay: $32.18–$33.18/hr. The ad does not state the applicable Award; livestock farming generally falls under the Pastoral Award.
Applicable Award: Pastoral Award (MA000035)
Legal minimum hourly rate: FLH1 (new starter, less than 6 months' experience): $32.18/hour
FLH2: $33.05/hour
FLH3: $33.11/hour
Casual (including the 25% casual loading), effective from 1 July 2026.Fair Work pay guide
Piece-rate guarantee: Shearing and similar piece work have separate rules; general farm hand piece rates have no daily minimum guarantee. If the employer provides food and accommodation, up to $165.86 a week can be deducted.
How you are paid: To be confirmed
By law wages must be paid in money (cash, cheque or bank transfer) at least monthly; whichever method is used, the employer must give you a payslip within 1 working day of paying you.
How often you are paid: To be confirmed
Under the Award: Paid weekly or fortnightly; casuals may be paid at the end of each engagement, or weekly / fortnightly as agreed
Superannuation: Yes. Your employer must also pay 12% of your wages into your super account — this applies to working holiday makers too, however much you earn. From 1 July 2026 it must be paid within 7 working days of each pay day. You can claim it back after leaving Australia (taxed at 65% for working holiday makers).
Tax: If the employer is registered as a Working Holiday employer, 15% is withheld on the first $45,000 of income. Being taxed 30% suggests the employer may not be registered; without a tax file number (TFN), 45% is withheld.

Statutory figures last checked: 2026-10-05. Your actual pay is what your employer's contract and payslips show.

Hours

Usual hours: About 40 hours a week
Weather-dependent?: Not much

When they need workersHiring now・Hiring started: 2026-10-02

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Usual hours: About 40 hours a week
Shifts: Weekend shifts and overtime available
Weather-dependent?: Not much affected by weather.
Additional notes: The ad describes consistent hours of about 40 per week, with weekend and overtime opportunities.
Peak season: The ad says work starts immediately and gives no work period; there may be ongoing work for the right candidate.
Hiring: Hiring now: on 2026-10-02 Agri Labour Australia posted "Piggery Farm Hand – Bears Lagoon, Victoria" (ref. BBBH29682) on its website. The role is casual, starting immediately, with potential ongoing work for the right candidate. The ad gives no closing date.
Piggery Farm Hand (piggery farm hand, casual, $32.18–$33.18/hr; posted 2026-10-02, no closing date stated)
Hiring started: 2026-10-02
Hiring status is checked automatically every day; last checked: 2026-10-09. See the job ad

Accommodation & transport

Accommodation: To be confirmed
Transport: To be confirmed
Amenities: RemoteRemote; shopping is inconvenient
Nearest town: Bears Lagoon is on the Loddon Valley Highway

View this company on Google MapsBears Lagoon, VIC 3517

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Accommodation

To be confirmed
The ad does not mention accommodation.

Transport

To be confirmed
The ad does not mention transport arrangements or whether you need your own car.

Getting there without a car: No public transport to the farm was found.
Public transport: Not found.
Nearest airport: Melbourne (about 209 km, Wikipedia)
Nearest town: Bears Lagoon is on the Loddon Valley Highway, about 209 km north-west of Melbourne (Wikipedia); distances to nearby larger towns were not verified

Amenities

Bears Lagoon is a rural locality in the Shire of Loddon in north-central Victoria (Wikipedia).

Grocery shopping: No supermarket information was found.
Medical: Not found.
Other: To be confirmed

Online reviews

No verifiable reviews yet

How to apply

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You will need

Comfortable working with pigs
Willing to work weekends and extended hours

Restrictions

Must be able to work weekends and extended hours
The ad does not state the work period
The ad does not say whether Working Holiday visa holders are accepted

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Before you apply

Apply online with the "Apply now" button on the Agri Labour job page.

Licences required

No licence is needed for general roles.

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Official website: agrilabour.com.au
Careers page: Go to the careers page
Labour hire: Agri Labour Australia (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd)

Legitimacy

Company registration: ABN activeABN 23 142 526 216
Employment arrangement: Via labour hire

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Make sure it is a registered company that gives payslips and pays super, so your specified work days will hold up.

Company registration: ABN 23 142 526 216・Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd・Active
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Employment arrangement: Employed through a labour hire agency: Agri Labour Australia (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd, labour hire); the piggery where the work takes place is not named
Labour hire licence: VICLHL06503
Notes: ABN 23 142 526 216 (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd, Australian private company), active since 2010-03-31, registered for GST since 2010-03-31, main business location QLD 4390 (ABR, checked 2026-10-09). Victorian labour hire licence VICLHL06503: status Active, granted 2021-09-03 and expiring 2027-09-03, registered name Agri Labour Australia Pty Ltd, registered industries including agriculture – farming, growing and packing (Victorian Labour Hire Authority public register, searched by ABN on 2026-10-09). Report of 2019-04-23: the Fair Work Ombudsman found Agri-Labour underpaid 19 Vanuatu seasonal workers a total of $50,823 for tomato picking between 2017-12 and 2018-04; the company back-paid the full amount, made a $15,000 payment to the Commonwealth, and signed an enforceable undertaking (including two external audits).

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Sources

Last checked: 2026-10-09. If you see outdated or incorrect information, let us know.

Not yet confirmed (5)

The actual piggery name and address are not published; the coordinates use Bears Lagoon's locality point.
The posting date comes from the WordPress job data on Agri Labour's website (the date field in wp-json); the ad page itself shows no date.
Whether Working Holiday visas are accepted: not stated in the ad.
The ad's headline asks for an experienced piggery farm hand, but the requirements list does not include experience; please confirm with the labour hire provider.
Award: not stated in the ad; listed as the Pastoral Award (MA000035), which generally applies to livestock farming. Pig farming may also be covered by another Award or an enterprise agreement.

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